Stagecoach Festival Evacuated Due To Extreme Winds, Resumes Hours Later
April 27, 2026 6:36 amStagecoach Music Festival evacuated thousands of attendees Saturday evening when winds reached 65 mph in Southern California’s desert region.
Emergency messages displayed on main stage screens urged concertgoers to “move quickly and calmly to the nearest exit.”
Approximately one hour after evacuation, winds subsided, and festival organizers resumed the show.
Headliner Lainey Wilson took the stage less than two hours later, telling crowds, “Thank you so much for sticking out the wind. Hopefully you sat in y’all’s cars for a bit and drank some tequila.”
Wilson performed hits including “Ring Finger” and “Heart Like a Truck,” welcoming guests Riley Green and Little Big Town.
The country star told the audience: “We came to Stagecoach to have a damn good time, and that’s what we gonna do.”
In other Stagecoach news…
Ella Langley did her duet “I Can’t Love You Anymore” for the first time solo.
She said Morgan Wallen couldn’t be there because he’s on “dad duty” this weekend.
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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone